Atoms are the building blocks of all matter, from the air we breathe to every cell in our bodies. Yet despite their presence everywhere, no one has truly seen an atom with the naked eye ,until ...

In physics, there are two great pillars of thought that don't quite fit together. The Standard Model of particle physics ...

Caltech scientists have found a fast and efficient way to add up large numbers of Feynman diagrams, the simple drawings ...

Caltech scientists have found a fast and efficient way to add up large numbers of Feynman diagrams, the simple drawings physicists use to represent ...

In a paper published in Nature Physics, the Caltech team uses its new method to precisely compute the strength of ...

Scientists are on the trail of a mysterious five-particle structure that could challenge one of the biggest theories in physics: string theory. This rare particle—never seen before and predicted ...

Observing Forces in Motion The simulation didn't just model simple particle behavior. It also included magnetic fields between particles, a key part of understanding how forces work.

What if you’ve already seen fragments of the future - without realizing it? In this thought experiment grounded in Einstein’s relativity, we unpack how a simple diagram changes our entire ...

A look at the curious history of Venn diagrams and the way they blend logic with geometry ...